Example sentences of "it [to-vb] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So alien was it to see Mary Joe playing that way that I suspect she was injured and an android had been substituted , and wrongly programmed . |
| 2 | But the scales down Fenna 's tail grew gradually smaller and smaller , the darker shades of his back and the paler shades of his underside blending together , and at the very tip , small as a child 's thumb , they were minute and a shade that , when she tried to match it to paint sample cards was usually called eau de nil . |
| 3 | Despite clashing with my dole day , I had no hesitation in forgoing it to attend Ken Mentle 's funeral . |
| 4 | The group relief position between the various members of the vendor group , including Target , needs to be considered by both Newco and the vendor , because it will have a bearing on : ( a ) what the parties to the buy-out agree should be paid by Target for group relief to be surrendered to it by other members of the vendor group or , conversely , what payment Target should receive for losses and other group relief items which are available for surrender from Target to other members of the vendor group ; ( b ) whether adjustments need to be made to inter-company loan accounts ; for example if it has been assumed that in the accounting period of Target in which the buy-out occurs it will achieve a certain level of profitability which will enable it to claim group relief from other group companies and that those other companies will accordingly be able to write off £x of inter-company debt due to Target , the fact that Target leaves the vendor group , say , half-way through that accounting period , will prima facie reduce the amount of group relief it can claim to half of £x ; furthermore Newco may not be willing to pay as much as half of £x out of Target unless this represents a discount on the amount of corporation tax Target would otherwise have to pay on such profits ; additionally , the notional disposals which Target makes under s179 TCGA when it leaves the group may either increase its profits ( if a gain arises ) or decrease them ( if a loss arises ) ; ( c ) what the parties agree in terms of indemnity cover for Newco for tax charges crystallising in Target ; for example , the vendor goup may agree to surrender sufficient group relief to Target free of charge to preclude any charge to corporation tax arising from the operation of s179 when Target leaves the group . |
| 5 | But you could use it to combat office harassment ( do I hear you say ‘ Chance would be a fine thing ? ’ ) . |
| 6 | In these ways English teachers have much to contribute to children 's familiarity with this technology and its uses , alongside the major aim of exploiting it to promote language knowledge and skills in themselves . |
| 7 | In its short history , CAMRA has produced many reports on the structure of the industry and the need to refashion it to meet consumer needs . |
| 8 | However , the United States persuaded it to accept UN Security Council Resolution 242 , giving an assurance that it would ensure that the critical wording ‘ withdrawal from territories captured ’ would mean no more than minor border rectifications . |
| 9 | For instance , a limitation or exclusion of liability could be justified by a preamble or postscript to the clause explaining that its purpose is to limit liability so as to enable the person protected by it to obtain insurance cover , and thus keep its costs down : In order to enable the Seller to insure against its liability under this contract , the Seller 's liability in respect of any defect in the goods or any loss caused by such defect is limited to £n ; the Buyer must bear the risk of any loss in excess of £n and should insure against such loss . |
| 10 | ‘ If the government continues to ignore us and deny our presence in this country , ’ he asked , ‘ what right has it to demand 100% loyalty from us for action ? ’ |
| 11 | The Council also voted unanimously to request the UK government to declare a continental shelf around the Islands , and announced that it hoped to pass legislation " before Christmas " enabling it to sell exploration licences for oil and other minerals . |
| 12 | Once you have added the segment to your program , you can use it to edit program line " nnnn " with the command : PROCE(nnnn) The editing functions previously described are available when the line editing procedure is used . |
| 13 | The scheme is for accounting software supporting general ledger , accounts payable and accounts receivable functions , and there are plans to extend it to cover payroll packages . |
| 14 | And the system 's built in intelligence enables it to cross check files . |
| 15 | In December a conference of donors pledged US$1,000 million in relief aid to Zambezia , the most affected province , and the Red Cross persuaded the government and rebels to allow it to cross battle lines . |
| 16 | Perhaps he did it to hear Mother scream . |
| 17 | The whole design of the system was for it to look factory fit . |
| 18 | You might be tempted to attribute it to lowish wage rates ( at the Brasserie ? ) , but a good answer would produce figures to justify this assertion ( you know both the staffing structure and the total wage bill for 1983 , at least , so you could work out the average gross wage per annum and relate it to what you knew about catering wages for the period ) . |
| 19 | After the talks ended , it was reported that the USA was considering a Philippines proposal for it to leave Clark Air Base and the four smaller installations by September 1991 , but to withdraw only gradually from Subic Bay , over a period of 10-12 years . |
| 20 | They take some of the money they have cut from the training budget and use it to fund employment action . |
| 21 | It is also — and this is the key point in the context here — to analyse and refine all this information prior to disseminating it to appropriate decision makers throughout the firm . |
| 22 | However , when the bill reached the upper house Lord Paignton amended it to let B R bid , for two reasons . |
| 23 | In practice , it has been extremely rare for the Lords to use even such powers as remain to it to reject Commons Bills . |
| 24 | I do n't expect it to match Love Story , but I think he still has a lot of mileage and is well worth supporting . |
| 25 | I would n't just use it to grab grab grab with . |
| 26 | In other words , it 's not an employment location , it is primarily a residential new settlement development which has some employment in it to satisfy employment needs of those who live there . |
| 27 | Through our regular newsletter ‘ Lotus User Forum ’ , and our free technical support line ONCE , we aim to help you get the most our of your software , allowing you to concentrate on using it to solve business problems . |
| 28 | He wrote out cheques from the account to pay his credit card debts , rent arrears and he also used it to clear phone bills and part of £500 taxi bill . |
| 29 | NCR Corp has won a $2m contract to provide Dutch tour operator Arke Reizen NV with one of its massively parallel System 3600 systems : the machine will serve 800 terminals at Arke Reizen 's head office and 9,000 additional remote terminals in offices across the Netherlands , it will also handle some 500,000 bookings a year and calculate and maintain Arke Reizens 's financial accounts ; it is believed to be the first time massively parallel technology has been used to handle day-to-day travel transactions — although a number of travel agents use it to analyse marketing data . |
| 30 | Economic history/development over the last two hundred years has resulted in 90 per cent of the world 's manufacturing capacity being situated in the North , thus enabling it to control world trade , investment and financial resources . |